3.1 What is Ecology? Part 1
A group of different populations that live together in a defined area?
What is a Community?
All the organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment
What is an Ecosystem?
A type of consumer that kills and eats other animals
What is a Carnivore?
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on plant parts
What is a Herbivore?
An animal that eats both plants and animals
What is an Omnivore?
A group of ecostsyems that share similary climates and types of organisms
What is a Biome?
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
What is a Population?
An organism that uses energy from the sun or chemicals and converts it into forms that living cells can use; also known as an organism that produces it own food.
What is an Autotroph?
A consumer that ingests other organisms for energy
What is a Heterotroph?
Process that uses light energy to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and carbohydrates
What is Photosynthesis?
Any living part of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists
What is a Biosphere?
The scientific study of the interactions between organisms and their surroundings
What is Ecology?
An organism that relies on other organisms for energy
What is a Consumer?
An organism that uses energy from the sun or chemicals an converts it into forms that living cells can use; also known as an organism that produces its own food
What is an Autotroph?
Animals that consume the carcasses of other animls that have been killed by predators or died of natural causes
What is a Scavenger?
Any living part of the environment
What is a Biotic Factor?
The classification of a herd of zebras living on the Serengeti Plain
What is a Popluation?
An organism that feeds by chemically breaking down other organims
What is a Decomposer?
An organism that feeds on detritus, or small pieces of dead and decaying plants and animals.
What is a Detritivore?
Organisms that cannot capture energy directly from the environment
What are Heterotrophs?
A nonliving part of the environment
What is an Abiotic Factor?
Sunlight, precipitation, and water currents are all examples of this.
What is an Abiotic Factor?
Process by which chemical energy is used to produce carbohydrates
What is Chemosynthesis?
Autotrophs or the first producers of energy-rich compunds that are later used by other organisms
What is a Primary Producer?
Earth worms, snails, shrimp, and crabs are examples of this.
What are Detritivores?